Paint brush protector



March 29, 1932. OLSEN 1,851,521

PAINT BRUSH PROTECTOR Filed Sept. 30, 1930 Inventor ,I/FFH/VKOLSE/V.

A llomey Patented Mar. 29, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PAINT BRUSHPROTECTOR Application filed September 80, 1930. Serial No. 485,519.

The present invention relates to new and useful attachments for paintbrushes, and more particularly it pertains to a protector for suchbrushes.

It is one object of the invention to provide a new and improvedprotector for paint brushes whereby the heads or bristles of the headsmay be kept in a soft pliable condition after the brush has once beenused, but during the period when the brush is not in use.

It is a further object of the invention so to construct such a devicethat it may be readily attached to and removed from the paint brush.

It is a still further object of the invention so to construct a deviceof the above mentioned character that it will maintain the proper shapeof the brush head when applied thereto.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide a device ofthis character with means for engagement with the brush head whereby thedevice is prevented from movement relative to the brush head whenapplied thereto. I

Other objects of the invention will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood, and for this purpose, reference is hadto the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a container showing a paintbrush equipped with a device constructed in accordance with the presentinvention in position in said container,

Figure 2 is a view in elevation of a'paint' brush equipped with a deviceconstructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 8 is a perspective view showing the device in its open position,and;

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure2.

The device is adapted to embrace the head or bristle portion of a paintbrush, and it comprises two members 10 and 12. The

member 10 is provided with two side flanges 11 and 13, and said sideflanges have a tapering outer edge 14:. The body portion of the member10, is provided near its upper end with a row of piercing elements orthe like 15 which are adapted to pass through the head of the brush whenthe brush is placed therem as illustrated in Figure 4, and near itslower end, said member 10 is provided with a plurality of slots oropenings 16 for a purpose to be hereinafter described. The 1.6. sldeflange 13 of the member 10 is provided with an opening 18.

The member 12 is hingedly connected to the member 10 at the angular edge14 of the flange 11 thereof, and said member 12 has a 1 side flange 20which is adapted to overlie the slde flange 13, to close the device, andto ma ntain the device in its closed position, the slde flange 20 of themember 12 is provided w1th a projection 21 which extends inwardly ofsaid flange 20 and is adapted for reception in to the opening 18. Themember 12 is provided near its lower end with a plurality of slots 23similar in construction to the slot 16 heretofore mentioned and saidmember 12 is also provided with a thumb or finger piece 25 by means ofwhich it may be operated about its pivotal connection with the member 10to open and close the device.

In use. the brush is laid within the member 10 with the piercingelements 15 passing into the head of the brush as illustrated in Figure4 it being understood that these devices are made in various sizes foruse with brushes of various sizes. After the brush has been positionedin the member 10, the member 12 is closed thereabout and its projection21 caused to engage in the opening 18 to hold the device in closedposition with the brush head enclosed therein. The brush with the deviceattached thereto is now placed in a suitable receptacle such as 30 whichmay contain any desired type of fluid such as linseed oil or the likedesignated 31 in Figure 1. The fluid penetrates the brush head by reasonof its passing through the openings 16 and 23, saturates the brush headand main tains the same in proper working condition at all times.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that the present inventionprovides a new and novel devicewhereby paint brushes may be maintainedat all times in proper working condition, and that the device is cheap1:)

, of manufacture, and may be readil attached -to and detached from apaint brush. a I While the invention has been herein illustrated in. apreferred form, it is to be under 7 I stood that the invention is not tobe limited to the precise construction and details herein illustrated,and that it may be carried out in other forms without departing from thespirit thereof. Having thus described the'invention, what is claimed asnew and desired to secure by United StatesLetters Patent, is: A deviceof the character described'comprising two members adapted for enclosingthe head of a-paint brush, a pair of side flanges formed on one of themembers, the other member being pivotally connecteds to one of "saidside flanges, a single flange formed on theother of said members,andadapted for overlying relation with respect to one of the flanges of thefirst mentioned member, and means for holding said members in theirclosed position, said last mentioned means comprising a projection onthe '2 flange of one of said members adapted for reception in an openingin the flange of the other of said members.

Intestimony whereof I afiix my signature. so FRANK OLSEN.

